Category: Food Systems
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Posted on January 30, 2013
For Wisconsin farmers dealing with wild swings in weather, adaptation is the key
It’s late May, weeks before southern Wisconsin would be locked into a scorching drought, and Kirk Leach BS’78 is worrying about the weather. The grass […]
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Posted on January 23, 2013
Despite drought, heat and higher costs, state farm income was second highest ever
Despite the challenges brought on by prolonged drought and record-breaking heat, Wisconsin farmers earned $3 billion in net farm income in 2012, the second highest […]
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Posted on January 11, 2013
Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research reaches $16 million fundraising goal
The Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research (CDR) has reached the target fundraising goal for its building project, the Campaign to Secure Wisconsin’s Dairy Future, which […]
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Posted on January 7, 2013
Wisconsin Agricultural Economic Outlook Forum takes place on Jan. 23 on UW-Madison campus
Agricultural economists and commodity specialists from University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Extension will talk about the financial health of Wisconsin agriculture and the outlook for the […]
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Posted on January 3, 2013
Sign up now for the Jan. 23 Wisconsin Agricultural Economic Outlook Forum
If you’d like an update on the status of the state’s farm sector as it heads into the new year, register now for the 2013 […]
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Posted on December 28, 2012
Farm and Industry Short Course celebrates 128th anniversary at Jan. 26 reunion
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course, Wisconsin’s longest-running agricultural education program, invites alumni and friends to celebrate its 128th anniversary at its […]
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Posted on December 26, 2012
Stephenson: rumors of $8 a gallon supermarket milk prices? Not likely
UW-Madison dairy policy analyst, Mark Stephenson, isn’t buying into the Fiscal Cliff situation in Washington D.C. as leading to a doubling of milk prices for […]
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Posted on December 4, 2012
UW-Madison offers school for beginning market growers in January
The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, a three-day workshop for anyone wanting to start a fresh market vegetable farm, will be offered January 18-20, […]